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and it depends on the candidates, the election. it's interesting, because a small state like ours has received a lot of attention in the last several elections because we are a swing state. >> hey, governor, i just want to get one in really quickly, it's something i'm curious about. you know harry reid pretty well. comes from your state. how much longer do you think he's going to stick around as the majority leader in the senate? >> hasn't indicated to me one way or another. my opinion of harry, he's going to stick around as long as the electorate wil keep him there. he already indicated he wants to run in the next election a couple years from now. harry is a fighter. that's just his nature. he enjoys what he's doing. >> could you also quickly weigh in on the fight going on in new jersey? the lawsuit against new jersey trying to legalize sports betting and join nevada in that ranks. what do you think? >> well, of course, we in nevada prefer monopolies when we're the beneficiaries of monopolies. >> we all do. we all do. >> i think t
and it depends on the candidates, the election. it's interesting, because a small state like ours has received a lot of attention in the last several elections because we are a swing state. >> hey, governor, i just want to get one in really quickly, it's something i'm curious about. you know harry reid pretty well. comes from your state. how much longer do you think he's going to stick around as the majority leader in the senate? >> hasn't indicated to me one way or another. my...
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is concerned, especially general harris, is the only polls that matter are the ones that happen on election day. when we're talking proposition 8, we're talking about californians going to the ballot box twice in a nine-year period and voting to uphold marriage between one man and one woman. that's our most fundamental right in this country is the right to vote and right to participate in the political process. and we don't need the supreme court to take that right away from americans of good faith on both sides of this issue and impose its judicial solution. we need to leave this debate to the democratic process, which is working. >> i want to bring you in on this because in case folks are confused why the state attorney general in california, you don't want to uphold proposition 8 which is californians voting twice, as you mentioned, to ban same sex marriage.
is concerned, especially general harris, is the only polls that matter are the ones that happen on election day. when we're talking proposition 8, we're talking about californians going to the ballot box twice in a nine-year period and voting to uphold marriage between one man and one woman. that's our most fundamental right in this country is the right to vote and right to participate in the political process. and we don't need the supreme court to take that right away from americans of good...
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democrats were just in this position after losing the 2004 election. they had very big debates, particularly over the iraq war in 2005, 2006. then everything was settled. we'll see where republicans are come 2015 and 2016. >> mark murray, good to see you. let's bring in radio talk show host michael smerconish who is also with msnbc and jonathan from american cross roads. thank you for being with me. jonathan, let me start with you. this is what rnc chair reince priebus said. >> focus groups describe our party as narrow minded, out of touch and, quote, stuffy old men. the perception that we're the party of the rich, unfortunately continues to grow. that's frustrating. because we care about every voter. >> what does this plan do? what does plan do to change those perceptions at least? >> i think it is a very, very good start. a very good framework of what needs to be changed tactically among the party to get our message across better to identify voters, to be able to find them where they are and to be able to win elections through better tacticses. most
democrats were just in this position after losing the 2004 election. they had very big debates, particularly over the iraq war in 2005, 2006. then everything was settled. we'll see where republicans are come 2015 and 2016. >> mark murray, good to see you. let's bring in radio talk show host michael smerconish who is also with msnbc and jonathan from american cross roads. thank you for being with me. jonathan, let me start with you. this is what rnc chair reince priebus said. >>...
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the vote was scheduled on the eve of the elections deliberately. i don't want to let democrats off the hook. 29 senate democrats voted to authorize the use of force. some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies who question their very americanness and we saw that over and over at 9/11 and particularly in the run-up to war. it was a little bit frightening to be against the war as i was. we weren't really singled out and ridiculed, but we were right. they will go down in history as having done the wrong thing. it requires a lot of vigilance to make sure nothing like that happens again. >> given what the congresswoman said earlier, are we still at risk despite their bold and creative witness of a march to war of this magnitude or is there more accountability today? >>
the vote was scheduled on the eve of the elections deliberately. i don't want to let democrats off the hook. 29 senate democrats voted to authorize the use of force. some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies...
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fear of not being read elected, we are paralyzed right now. we have to stop it. >> is there anything that congress can pass to curb the piling -- violence? there is nothing that can be done that would protect our children in the vast majority of america, do you agree with that? >> i refuse to believe that. i am hoping that we will pass some version of a repeal of a writer that has been attached to the appropriations bill. all of us are trying to work to repeal the amendment, which means that it would make it easier for law enforcement to conduct gun tracing efforts. right now they are preventing so many ways. i think there are some measures. uphill battle, but we have to ask the american people that this is a wake-up call. we have to rally around, ensuring that your members of congress are accountable to what you believe will provide for safety for our children. >> when this newtown, connecticut, this situation happened, they were horrified and felt that this was the tipping point. this was the signal moment that something had to be done and p
fear of not being read elected, we are paralyzed right now. we have to stop it. >> is there anything that congress can pass to curb the piling -- violence? there is nothing that can be done that would protect our children in the vast majority of america, do you agree with that? >> i refuse to believe that. i am hoping that we will pass some version of a repeal of a writer that has been attached to the appropriations bill. all of us are trying to work to repeal the amendment, which...
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this was four days before the election that year. having thought that the war was going to be over, now the president finds out the peace deal fell through because a candidate who wanted there not to be peace before the election intervened to make one sidewalk away. now, why didn't lbj say anything publicly? this is right before the election. can you imagine how the country would have reacted to that? this is a war the whole country was against. it was going to be over except candidate nixon intervened to undo the peace deal and keep the war going? can you imagine how angry the american public would have been. but lbj did not say anything publicly at the time because he thought he couldn't. the reason he thought he couldn't is the way he found out what nixon had done. the fbi illegally wire-tapped the phones of the south vietnamese ambassador. we couldn't let anybody know that we were illegally listening into the ambassador's phone lines so they couldn't let anybody know what they had heard. so nixon got away with it. and the october
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we heard none of that in the last election and we heard the exact opposite from the last election. >> well, you are talking about the platform which was like an anchor around our neck in the election cycle, and that was very clear amongst many in leadership which is why this growth and opportunity project is very important. it was a very aggressive and pragmatic approach and similar to the military operation that you do an after-action review, and the party was honest about our weaknesses and why we are are not attracting the voters that we should attract, and so, no, it is healthy and the first chairman to recognize the lgbt members of the party and the community at large. >> and clark, reince priebus doing it is one thing, but the people actually running and the people who are visible and the people who are seeking offices, for them it is -- it is, you know, one thing for him to say it but for them to actually get it and get out on the campaign stump and go into their home communities to promote that, that is another thing. do you think that they get it? >> well, you are right. some
we heard none of that in the last election and we heard the exact opposite from the last election. >> well, you are talking about the platform which was like an anchor around our neck in the election cycle, and that was very clear amongst many in leadership which is why this growth and opportunity project is very important. it was a very aggressive and pragmatic approach and similar to the military operation that you do an after-action review, and the party was honest about our weaknesses...
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if you look back at that election day, a midterm election with a lot of stuff going on but the nra has fulfilled that myth. >> go ahead. >> we need to let members of congress know we have their backs in upcoming elections if they stand up and are part of this conversation. we don't need to put pressure on the president and vice president, they're already leading this charge and mayor bloomberg and we need to have a conversation with those holding it up. >> well said. thank you for joining us. >>> michele bachmann says she wants to kill obama-care before it kills us all. the big panel takes on her latest lie coming up. >>> the white house tours aren't the only things being shut down because of budget cuts. find out how sequestration is making it harder to squeeze the charmin. there's nothing better than salon color, full of beautiful highlights and lowlights. that's why nice'n easy builds dimension into every shade. so here's a challenge: love the gorgeous dimension of nice'n easy or we'll pay for a salon color. take the salon challenge, from nice'n easy. [ male announcer ] book ahead a
if you look back at that election day, a midterm election with a lot of stuff going on but the nra has fulfilled that myth. >> go ahead. >> we need to let members of congress know we have their backs in upcoming elections if they stand up and are part of this conversation. we don't need to put pressure on the president and vice president, they're already leading this charge and mayor bloomberg and we need to have a conversation with those holding it up. >> well said. thank you...
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in 2012 he was elected to a second term. barack obama's presidency has been distinguished by his deep belief and ongoing fight for equality in the united states of america and for the promotion of democratic values, human rights, solidarity and peace across the world. in 2009 he was awarded the nobel prize for his special contribution and efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. through his personal story and agenda as president of the united states, barack obama serves as a beacon of democratic values and exemplifies the spirit of equal opportunity in america, inspiring people all over the world. during his tenure, president obama has made a unique and significant contribution to the security of the state of israel. both through further strengthening the strategic cooperation between the countries and the joint development of technology to defend civilian populations against missiles and terrorism. the iron dome system is a prominent example of this cooperation, saving lives of many and
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i mean we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c. and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for purposes of federal law. >> reporter: conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> because it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> reporter: still, same-sex families pay taxes and don't get the same benefits and the issue with doma really gets complicated if they have children who are also excluded from benefits. >> when we have kids i would like them to be born in a post-doma united states. >> still, california is one of only a handful of states that gives most of the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples and domestic partnerships. one question is whether any ruling by the court on california could affect all of those other states in the same way. fred? >> thanks so much, joe johns in washington. >>> bill clinton signed doma into law when he was president. now he's asking the u.s. supreme court to overturn it. in an opinion p
i mean we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c. and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for purposes of federal law. >> reporter: conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> because it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> reporter: still, same-sex families pay taxes and don't get the same benefits and the issue with doma really gets complicated if...
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, some might argue it's what helped the president win re-election. they're going to argue that again? why? and the president will, will fight to defend medicare. he will fight to defend medicaid. because they're crucial to obama care. now james said i don't know why he's cutting medicare. there are going to be some strategic cuts around the borders. but the president is not going to give up on medicare and he's not going to give up on medicaid. and that was really what the 2012 election in terms of domestic policy was really all about. >> james, is this terrible strategy for the republican party in the long-term? >> i cannot believe that it's four and a half months after the election and they haven't sort of public strategic debate among each other and they're all sort of out there attacking each other. i've been around politics for a long time and a lot of people on this panel, i've been through a lot of defeats and i've seen the other side go through a lot of defeats. but i've never seen a reaction to a defeat like these republicans are right now.
, some might argue it's what helped the president win re-election. they're going to argue that again? why? and the president will, will fight to defend medicare. he will fight to defend medicaid. because they're crucial to obama care. now james said i don't know why he's cutting medicare. there are going to be some strategic cuts around the borders. but the president is not going to give up on medicare and he's not going to give up on medicaid. and that was really what the 2012 election in...
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can they tell was this some attempt at effecting the election results? somebody trying to test the system? what was behind it, do you know? >> it was definitely the first documented cyber attack on an online election system, suzanne. but as to who did it and why and what their motivations were, impossible to tell 100% because, again, these anonmisers wash your tracks. it was the reason they couldn't even really pursue a criminal investigation because they can never track back to see exactly where the computer originated from, no track to follow, nothing to do. that's one of the scary things about this kind of crime. >> yeah. so i guess they're discovering too there are holes, right, in the security system when it comes to elections because they're vulnerable to cyber attack? >> yeah, that's right. here in d.c. a couple years ago d.c. tested just as a test an online voting system and the testers were able to hack into that system and take control of it within about 48 hours. it just shows the vulnerabilities. in this case in florida they're already being
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it wasn't just an election, perhaps. anyway, nearly 100 pages and detailed what went wrong, what the party needs to do to fix it and it was done by fcy consultants. there are 50,000 words on the pages and not one of them is christian. some in the party are not too happy about that. "outfront," the person who wrote about this today and the former communications director for rick santorum 2012. great to see all three of you. a radio host, contributor for fox news said about the gop report, they should be deeply concerned they're going to be alienating their base. it seems to me the leadership of the party is intent on that course. most christian conservatives are not going to be party loyalists over principle. so the gop has a lot more to lose than the christians. really? >> well, i mean i think what we're seeing is a remarkable shift in the power dynamics within the republican party. i mean, not long ago the grassroots evangelical base was the engine that powered the republican electoral victories. george w. bush in 2004
it wasn't just an election, perhaps. anyway, nearly 100 pages and detailed what went wrong, what the party needs to do to fix it and it was done by fcy consultants. there are 50,000 words on the pages and not one of them is christian. some in the party are not too happy about that. "outfront," the person who wrote about this today and the former communications director for rick santorum 2012. great to see all three of you. a radio host, contributor for fox news said about the gop...
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after the first election round was considered fraudulent. so in fact i walked in the palace past this beautifully laid out ancient garden, and that's the garden where kerry walked karzai around and around and around the garden until he persuaded him, that it was in his interests to do something about it and not to let that fraudulent election result stand. it's a pretty good relationship, it is kerry that has had the relationship in the past with karzai. has been the mediator or the int interlockutor. the best person to get karzai on the same page. >> there seems to be a rhetorical contrast between what we saw with secretary of state kerry and hamid karzai today and the tough words that the secretary of state had for the iraqi president regarding syria and iran. can you just -- contrast those two for me? >> very, very different. because even though karzai has been an uncertain partner, he is an essential partner now with 60,000-plus american forces and 100,000 international isaf forces here on the ground. he is critical to the withdrawal of
after the first election round was considered fraudulent. so in fact i walked in the palace past this beautifully laid out ancient garden, and that's the garden where kerry walked karzai around and around and around the garden until he persuaded him, that it was in his interests to do something about it and not to let that fraudulent election result stand. it's a pretty good relationship, it is kerry that has had the relationship in the past with karzai. has been the mediator or the int...
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. >> trying to influence an american election. >> there's a lot of water under the bridge. >> i think it is absolutely outrageous. >> you only tease the ones you love. >> some republicans coil at the party plans for the future. >> i know what our principles are. >> the chairman is in the hot seat. >> i am looking to get into communities in the hundreds. >> show up any time. >> i know what our principles are. >> it is what you say and do when you get there matters most to people. >> our party believes marriage is between one man and one woman. >> they haven't changed their policies. >> house republicans tomorrow vote on the ryan budget. >> notorious paul ryan budget. >> putting out yet again a budget. >> an actual budget, political manifesto or long term liability? >> we are not going to refight the past. >> our budget and your budget contrast. >> what happens next? >>> republican re-branding week continues to go, well, badly. especially if you listen to republicans. >> if any party needed rebooting, our party did, but i don't know, i looked at the press conference, read some of the do
. >> trying to influence an american election. >> there's a lot of water under the bridge. >> i think it is absolutely outrageous. >> you only tease the ones you love. >> some republicans coil at the party plans for the future. >> i know what our principles are. >> the chairman is in the hot seat. >> i am looking to get into communities in the hundreds. >> show up any time. >> i know what our principles are. >> it is what you say...
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two, an election to tap into election funds faster. and three, fewer presidential debates. a move designed keep party candidates from cannibalizing one another before facing off against their opponent. >> we know we have problems. we've identified them and we're implementing the solutions to fix them. >> so will the rnc's reboot fall flat with the present and future? at last week's conservative confab. take a look. >> we're not here to rebuild a party. we're here to rebuild a country. >> if standing for liberty and if standing for the constitution makes you a whack-a-bird, count me a proud whack-a-bird. >> i can my fellow republicans to think about what you can do. >> joining me now is henry barbour who helped compile this report. let's talk about this, henry barbour. the report itself is pretty scathing. it talks about a lot of things that could have been done differently as we look back on 2012. but one of the bigger things is about comprehensive immigration reform. how are people in this country supposed to believe in comprehensive immigration reform from the republican
two, an election to tap into election funds faster. and three, fewer presidential debates. a move designed keep party candidates from cannibalizing one another before facing off against their opponent. >> we know we have problems. we've identified them and we're implementing the solutions to fix them. >> so will the rnc's reboot fall flat with the present and future? at last week's conservative confab. take a look. >> we're not here to rebuild a party. we're here to rebuild a...
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up in may and he thinks he can do well in those elections. the turnout today, people not that interested, it seems, don. >> not that interested so it -- even if he comes back to the country and hugely unpopular, chances are he would not win. >> reporter: no. the chances are he wouldn't win. look, when he -- by the time he left the country the population had turned against him. there have been hard economic times and there are some people that look back to the days when he was on power and see the country being better and that's one of the things he comment order when he came back. the country is economically more immover i shalled. i don't think anyone holds out the hope she the man that will fix it. he discredited the army and now has the threat, death threat, hanging over his head from the taliban. how will he get out on the streets and effectively campaign under those circumstances? >> nic robertson, thanks very much for that. >>> coming up -- >> i pronounce you legally married. >> is america going gay? on the path towards gay marriage. th
up in may and he thinks he can do well in those elections. the turnout today, people not that interested, it seems, don. >> not that interested so it -- even if he comes back to the country and hugely unpopular, chances are he would not win. >> reporter: no. the chances are he wouldn't win. look, when he -- by the time he left the country the population had turned against him. there have been hard economic times and there are some people that look back to the days when he was on...
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it can be low on special elections. and there are a number of notable republicans who hold office here who are competing. there is a conventional wisdom that mark sanford is likely to come out on top today but with so many candidates we do expect there could be a run-off and then it would be the republican, some say sanford, up against the democrat. some say colbert bush. it's been an exciting race. we've been talking to voters. people have said they've been overwhelmed with the ads on tv. they didn't get ads during the presidential race in south carolina because this was not a state up for grabs. but they have been blanketed in recent weeks with these congressional ads. it's been fun to visit folks here and they are very interested in the outcome. south carolina politics is always something to watch. >> kelly o'donnell reporting from beautiful charleston. looks gorgeous there today. thanks so much. >>> coming up next house minority whip steny hoyer says the dems should have gone over the fiscal cliff. it would have bee
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that's a remarkable improvement for countries that have to spend millions of dollars to try to get re-elected back to the security kournl every four years. now i'm saying you have a seat. it's a win-win-1 formula for the small states, the middle powers and great powers. at the end of the day, eventually, not right away, the 7-7-7 formula can break the current log jam in security council reform. >> the great thing about the book is there's a lot of insight at 30,000 feet and also a lot of insight at the ground level because you have lived through these processes. pleasure to have you on. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me on. >>> when we come back, the story of the world's most innovative city. it's not london or singapore. you will be very surprised. hey. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save
that's a remarkable improvement for countries that have to spend millions of dollars to try to get re-elected back to the security kournl every four years. now i'm saying you have a seat. it's a win-win-1 formula for the small states, the middle powers and great powers. at the end of the day, eventually, not right away, the 7-7-7 formula can break the current log jam in security council reform. >> the great thing about the book is there's a lot of insight at 30,000 feet and also a lot of...
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so christie's off my list. >> the next national election is still 596 days away. but there's no rest for republican party still duking it out. how long before a victor is declared? republican strategist mike murphy is not optimistic. predicting we will be stuck in an age of chaos and factional warlords for a while. the battle royale will be the 2015 presidential primary season. robert, you could hear dog wiss in the background during some of those remarks at cpac. this is, i think we've seen a messy republican party over the course of last several months. but the coming, the sort of head-to-head at cpac, i thought was the strongest and starkest example of the challenges the party faces that we've seen in a long time. >> whatever you describe how the campaign went wrong as your autopsy, that's probably not the best way to do it. >> something that's already done. >> note to the scheduling department at the rnc, try not to schedule the autopsy's verdict for the day after the bar scene from "star wars" that is cpac. look, i think it's interesting because the rnc reall
so christie's off my list. >> the next national election is still 596 days away. but there's no rest for republican party still duking it out. how long before a victor is declared? republican strategist mike murphy is not optimistic. predicting we will be stuck in an age of chaos and factional warlords for a while. the battle royale will be the 2015 presidential primary season. robert, you could hear dog wiss in the background during some of those remarks at cpac. this is, i think we've...
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and you were the first, as we said, iraq war vet to be elected to congress. when you hear about these casualties today on the ten-year anniversary, what is your reaction? do you believe that it needs to be more part of the discourse there in the beltway? >> without a doubt. it is not part of the discourse because most folks don't have skin in the game. less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. it goes to your point. we should be talking about this. it is the defining political issue of the last ten years. and it is just a colossal, strategic failure of the bush administration to know that we had almost 4,500 of america's best and brightest killed in action, over 32,000 wounded in action, and over 100,000 iraqis dead for an unnecessary war. and a war that should basically never have happened and also a war that we put our troops into harm's way, basically over a religious civil war without the amount of troops that the military generals asked for. >> what do you remember when you see this piece of news that we're reporting today? what do yo
and you were the first, as we said, iraq war vet to be elected to congress. when you hear about these casualties today on the ten-year anniversary, what is your reaction? do you believe that it needs to be more part of the discourse there in the beltway? >> without a doubt. it is not part of the discourse because most folks don't have skin in the game. less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. it goes to your point. we should be talking about this. it is the defining...
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at least until the election's over. but of course. (grunting quietly) if you'll excuse me, i have now broken free in the back. gentlemen, i present to you the hurt locker game. (cheering) okay, that cardboard box over by the dumpster contains a c4-loaded ied plastic explosive. which one of us is going to try to defuse it first? lester? mm-mm. tim? mm-mm. holt? mm-mm. franklin, the 49-year-old bankruptcy lawyer we just started hanging out with this week? hells, yeah, i'll do it. cleveland, you've really made me feel like part of the gang. i look forward to years of misadventures with you. as us also do we. duck for cover! (over radios): whoa! wow! awesome! holy (bleep)! franklin, that was so cool. better luck next time, buddy. franklin, do you copy? franklin? (holt over radio): big brown, this is muscle milk. over. i think something's wrong with franklin's headset. oh, god. (over radio): guys, it's gus. those hot wings you ordered are ready. hope this isn't a bad time. over. no, gus, you were right to tell us. (sobbing) this would be a
at least until the election's over. but of course. (grunting quietly) if you'll excuse me, i have now broken free in the back. gentlemen, i present to you the hurt locker game. (cheering) okay, that cardboard box over by the dumpster contains a c4-loaded ied plastic explosive. which one of us is going to try to defuse it first? lester? mm-mm. tim? mm-mm. holt? mm-mm. franklin, the 49-year-old bankruptcy lawyer we just started hanging out with this week? hells, yeah, i'll do it. cleveland,...
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her election, her congressional election was closer than she expected and democrats are hoping to beat her this time. >> we certainly appreciate the response. it doesn't seem to back up the claim, though, that this health care will literally kill women, children and senior citizens. a lot of the things she's claiming right now about the government will be able to select who gets care or not, you could say about insurance companies right now, choosing who gets coverage or not. >> that's a great point. it doesn't back that up. she and other republicans, you know, have argued for years they believe obama care will ultimately mean people will lose their insurance and their health will be in danger. of course, she took that to a whole other level by saying that they would literally be killed, which you're right, she doesn't address in the statement. >> appreciate it. isha is here with the "360" bulletin. >>> u.s. intelligence officials now believe the assad regime in syria did not use chemical weapons on its own people. despite claims by rebel forces that those weapons were used, officials
her election, her congressional election was closer than she expected and democrats are hoping to beat her this time. >> we certainly appreciate the response. it doesn't seem to back up the claim, though, that this health care will literally kill women, children and senior citizens. a lot of the things she's claiming right now about the government will be able to select who gets care or not, you could say about insurance companies right now, choosing who gets coverage or not. >>...
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. >> isn't that the problem, the elites within the party and political people who have to win elections that evolution on this issue opens them up potentially to votes from younger americans, but the base of the party isn't evolving on this issue, are they? >> that's right. so the elites recognize they need to change and when the republicans issue the report describing where the party needed to go, gay marriage was prominently mentioned. that and immigration were the two issues where they took a position that we need to change that position. but the other thing is that the elites never cared very much about gay marriage or social issues. although the republican elites are all about the money. the base is where the intensity on the social issues are. >> so the supreme court, which is a political entity, lee, we can pretend that the court is above politics, but at the end of the day, the members of the court are chosen in a very partisan manner. there is something of an ideological litmus test to get them there. you wind up with a court that reflects our polarized politics. is it the cour
. >> isn't that the problem, the elites within the party and political people who have to win elections that evolution on this issue opens them up potentially to votes from younger americans, but the base of the party isn't evolving on this issue, are they? >> that's right. so the elites recognize they need to change and when the republicans issue the report describing where the party needed to go, gay marriage was prominently mentioned. that and immigration were the two issues...
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election news. cnn can now project that elizabeth bush, the sister of stephen colbert won the democratic prime oh rr rhode i d island. there is no projection on the gop side. >>> and the pakistani teenager shot in the head by the taliban for promoting education for girls five months ago. she lives in england now. today she went back to school for the first time since the attack. here's how she described her return to the classroom. >> i think it is the happiest moment that i'm going back to my school. today i have my books, my bag. i will learn. i will talk to my friends. i will talk to my teacher. >> an incredible young girl. >>> an update on another recovery. interior secretary ken salazar said the statue of liberty will re-open by the fourth of july. it was closed in october during super storm sandy. >>> nasa and white house officials said the nation's asteroid detection program is behind schedule and billions of dollars are needed to keep americans safe from space threats like the meteor that ex
election news. cnn can now project that elizabeth bush, the sister of stephen colbert won the democratic prime oh rr rhode i d island. there is no projection on the gop side. >>> and the pakistani teenager shot in the head by the taliban for promoting education for girls five months ago. she lives in england now. today she went back to school for the first time since the attack. here's how she described her return to the classroom. >> i think it is the happiest moment that i'm...
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and just a few hours earlier, six days after his election, argentine cardinal jorge mario was formally installed as pop francis and you can see him receiving his papal ring, which is secondhand and not solid gold, in keeping with the pope's already famous disdain for worldly trapping. another big departure from the customs of his predecessor. he greeted his flock from an open-topped suv, kissing babies. you can't kiss babies through bulletproof glass, so this is what he decided. and in his homoly, the pope held up the st. joseph, whose feast day is today, as the model of a loving and faithful protector of god's creations. >>> president obama is preparing for his first presidential trip to israel and he's leaving this evening, expected to talk with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about middle east peace, syria, iran. it's a pretty thick list. the president is also going to stop in the west bank and jordan. >>> jodi arias has a pretty good memory when it comes to her sex life with her former boyfriend, travis alexander, and pretty graphic detail, in fact. however, she can't rem
and just a few hours earlier, six days after his election, argentine cardinal jorge mario was formally installed as pop francis and you can see him receiving his papal ring, which is secondhand and not solid gold, in keeping with the pope's already famous disdain for worldly trapping. another big departure from the customs of his predecessor. he greeted his flock from an open-topped suv, kissing babies. you can't kiss babies through bulletproof glass, so this is what he decided. and in his...
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reaction this week, both good and bad, about what direction the party needs to take to win national elections in the future. and one of the big areas of concern is with women voters. some of the recommendations from the report from the republican national committee include communications training, more women as surrogates, rapid response to attacks and more female candidates. joining me now is former republican governor of new jersey and former epa administrator christine todd-whitman, governor, thank you for spending some time. this is your party. this is a party in turmoil. i am putting it nicely. this is a party, i don't want to say at war with itself but a party that is divided in many ways. those suggestions, yes, more female candidates and more female surrogates. but in truth does that get you where you need to be with women voters and if not what does the republican party have to do? >> you've got to change the message. it's not about the messaging, it's the message. you can't just say we've got to say it better or we've got to send other people out. sending a woman out as a candidate
reaction this week, both good and bad, about what direction the party needs to take to win national elections in the future. and one of the big areas of concern is with women voters. some of the recommendations from the report from the republican national committee include communications training, more women as surrogates, rapid response to attacks and more female candidates. joining me now is former republican governor of new jersey and former epa administrator christine todd-whitman,...
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this is the first actual election you got involved in? >> yeah. yeah, this is the first one. >> i don't think anybody would begrudge you trying to help your sister. >> exactly. she's my sister. good right. >> i'm willing to, you know, break the jewel of my own creation to try to do something for her. like i'm not worried about what it would do to me or my show to try to help her as myself, not as my character. but to help her as myself and, you know, if people think that's not the right thing for me to do, i don't care. it's my sister and i'm willing to help her. >> so you think she would be a great public servant? >> i met these people. and my sister is in the top. >> check out more of my interview. >> we should check that out. still our, please discovered a dorm room full of guns, bombs and a plan to kill. and why is david hasslehoff staying a stand in germany? and he's not eating cheeseburgers. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. o
this is the first actual election you got involved in? >> yeah. yeah, this is the first one. >> i don't think anybody would begrudge you trying to help your sister. >> exactly. she's my sister. good right. >> i'm willing to, you know, break the jewel of my own creation to try to do something for her. like i'm not worried about what it would do to me or my show to try to help her as myself, not as my character. but to help her as myself and, you know, if people think...
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virtually every republican elected official in washington has palled around with grover norquist, with a revolutionary, with someone whose goal is to destroy the federal government, destroy the founding fathers' creation. if they take grover norquist's goal so seriously they are willing to sign a pledge to follow his dictates on taxation, why don't republicans take grover norquist's words seriously? when jane fonda was protesting the vietnam war, if she said she wanted to drown the american government in bathtubs would they cheer the way they cheer grover norquist for saying exactly that? jane fonda never said anything as revolutionary as grover norquist. jane fonda simply wanted her government to stop doing something, wanted the government to stop wasting american lives and vietnamese lives in an unjust war we never should have entered and eventually surrendered. vietnam protesters wanted the government to stop doing something. grover norquist wants his government to stop. he wants government to stop. he wants to replace the government we have with some undescribed alternative with al
virtually every republican elected official in washington has palled around with grover norquist, with a revolutionary, with someone whose goal is to destroy the federal government, destroy the founding fathers' creation. if they take grover norquist's goal so seriously they are willing to sign a pledge to follow his dictates on taxation, why don't republicans take grover norquist's words seriously? when jane fonda was protesting the vietnam war, if she said she wanted to drown the american...
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. >> and for a president running for re-election during a tough economic time, it was touted as his signature foreign policy accomplishment. >> osama bin laden is dead, and general mo it totors is alive. >> osama bin laden was dead and the elite squad of men who took him out instantly became anonymous legends. >> osama. >> and action movie characters. >> a possible jackpot. >> details of the raid were sketchy at first, but soon the white house put out an official narrative of what happened. >> it was a firefight. he, therefore, was killed in that firefight. and that's when the remains were removed. >> but even after president obama met with members of s.e.a.l. team six, he still didn't know the answer to one critical question. who delivered the shot that killed bin laden? in the subsequent days and weeks after the raid the members of s.e.a.l. team six splintered, several of them offering different accounts of what went down inside bin laden's complex that night. >> we both engaged in several more. >> first up the s.e.a.l. calling himself mark owen in disguise on "60 minutes." his can account
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that's doing it instead of the military, it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening. and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is intelligence, and it's responsible for keeping safe the family jewels, right? one of the interesting d.c. dynamics is that the cia maybe doesn't want this job any more. that although they have been ramped up to become a covert air force, not everything is psyched up about it. after petraeus had to resign, the acting director who took over was described in the press as concerned about the overmilitarization of the cia. john brennan who president obama appointed to run the cia in his second term, he told the washington post in october that he too was interested in the cia getting out of the drone business, saying essentially that that is war and not intelligence and as such it should be done by the pentagon and not by the people who are supposed to be our nation's spies. well, that transition, that cha
that's doing it instead of the military, it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening. and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is intelligence, and it's responsible for keeping safe the family jewels, right? one of the interesting d.c. dynamics is that the cia maybe doesn't want this job any more. that although they have been...
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the winner of that will face colbert busch in the general election may 7th. joining me now, gene robinson and political analyst, dick harpootlian, chairman of the south carolina democratic party. you have been manning the south carolina desk here. counting every one of these votes as they come in. stephen colbert's sister won with 151% of the voters. >> ran against a perpetual candidate who, you know, wasn't going to win. so she won. so this will be very interesting. she's an interesting candidate in her own right and has a shot at a very red state of winning a congressional seat. >> dick, is mark sanford maybe the only republican she could beat in that district? >> well, i think that he is not the only republican but certainly is the easiest target. he is by no means home. we prefer to run against him. he has not only the app latch and trail and promised term limits and is running again. the scandals of his governorship, ethical and moral are renowned in the state. i think he is a candidate of choice for us. >> let's listen to mark sanford talk about re-ente
the winner of that will face colbert busch in the general election may 7th. joining me now, gene robinson and political analyst, dick harpootlian, chairman of the south carolina democratic party. you have been manning the south carolina desk here. counting every one of these votes as they come in. stephen colbert's sister won with 151% of the voters. >> ran against a perpetual candidate who, you know, wasn't going to win. so she won. so this will be very interesting. she's an interesting...
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sanford finished first in a special election primary for his old house seat, but he did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. our jim acosta is in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: fred, after he was left for dead in the political wilderness here in south carolina, mark sanford may be the comeback kid. sanford finished way out in front of 15 other republican opponents in what was sometimes a nasty and heated gop primary. but because he failed to capture more than 50% of the vote, he'll have to compete in a runoff against one of his challengers named curtis bostik still nearly after being forced out of his governor's office four years ago after misleading voters about an extramarital affair, it's a remarkable turnaround for the former governor, one he talked about us last night. here's what he had to say. >> you guys will come up with your own definitions on these things and we'll not interrupt -- what i learned a long time ago is the media's going to do what the media's going to do. >> sure. but this must feel like redemption. >> it's incredibly humbling. as i just said. on ma
sanford finished first in a special election primary for his old house seat, but he did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. our jim acosta is in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: fred, after he was left for dead in the political wilderness here in south carolina, mark sanford may be the comeback kid. sanford finished way out in front of 15 other republican opponents in what was sometimes a nasty and heated gop primary. but because he failed to capture more than 50% of the vote,...
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marching orders from a new report from the rnc just released this morning on what went wrong in the 2012 election. it's time to follow the ideas of the nation's 30 republican governors and to modernize the message to people who are too young to have ever voted for ronald reagan. they're also going to implement a $10 million minority outreach program. and to that point, you might want to check out this brand new pew poll finding that 62% of american people think the gop is out of touch. when i say brand new, february 13th to 18th. this is something that the party leaders are openly admitting. joining me now is jake tapper anchor for "the league" debuting today. it's nice to see you. i want to ask you right off the bat. i said rnc is looking to nation's 30 republican governors and one of them who is extraordinarily popular, mr. chris christie, wasn't even invited to cpac. i'm sure i understand this. >> the governor of virginia wasn't who is conservative but shown that he's willing to work with democrats in the legislature there and that also has made him not popular among some party faithful. look,
marching orders from a new report from the rnc just released this morning on what went wrong in the 2012 election. it's time to follow the ideas of the nation's 30 republican governors and to modernize the message to people who are too young to have ever voted for ronald reagan. they're also going to implement a $10 million minority outreach program. and to that point, you might want to check out this brand new pew poll finding that 62% of american people think the gop is out of touch. when i...
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she's going to face the republican runoff winner in the may 7 special election. >>> michele bachmann nearly ran through the halls of congress to avoid some pretty tough questions from one of our own, cnn's dana bash. there you have it. take a peek. this is what you call at haste. dana bash was asking michele bachmann about the comments she made at the conservative conference cpac. mrs. bachmann used president obama of very frivolous and lavish spending on a lifestyle within the white house. have a listen to how she characterized it. >> now we find out that there are five chefs on air force one. there are two projectionists who operate the white house movie theater. they regularly sleep at the white house in order to be readily available in case the first family wants a really, really late show. we are also the ones who are paying for someone to walk the president's dog. >> all right. so i'm going to re-join that story in a moment. but i want that take you right back to israel right now, because that news conference we've been awaiting with president shimon peres and united states pre
she's going to face the republican runoff winner in the may 7 special election. >>> michele bachmann nearly ran through the halls of congress to avoid some pretty tough questions from one of our own, cnn's dana bash. there you have it. take a peek. this is what you call at haste. dana bash was asking michele bachmann about the comments she made at the conservative conference cpac. mrs. bachmann used president obama of very frivolous and lavish spending on a lifestyle within the white...
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the truth of the matter is that there are a handful of senate democrats up for re-election in pro-gun states like arkansas, montana, south dakota, for example, who would be in real trouble on an issue like an assault weapons ban. people believe it is a constitutional issue in their state. i think that the democratic party as well as the republican party is reluctant on this issue. if it had been easy to do, they would have renewed the ban on assault weapons when it expired. >> first of all, we are seeing a change in the very fact we are debating this. this issue was under a gag rule for a decade after al gore's defeat, and the national debate encouraged action in blue leaning states like colorado, new york, and connecticut. but the problem is, gloria, that democrats are divided and republicans by ideology. red state democrats have been reluctant to vote for this, going back to 1994, they had a lot of defection on red districts and red state democrats. the difference is gun control advocates haven't been able to put pressure on republicans from blue places to make up for those. as a re
the truth of the matter is that there are a handful of senate democrats up for re-election in pro-gun states like arkansas, montana, south dakota, for example, who would be in real trouble on an issue like an assault weapons ban. people believe it is a constitutional issue in their state. i think that the democratic party as well as the republican party is reluctant on this issue. if it had been easy to do, they would have renewed the ban on assault weapons when it expired. >> first of...
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either acting through initiatives and referendums or through their elected public officials? >> well, others like justice kennedy questioned why they were hearing the case in the first place which is a pretty interesting thing. >>. >> i just wonder if the case was properly granted. the problem with the case is that you're really asking particularly because of the sociological evidence you cite for us to go in to unchartered waters. >> unchartered waters. some justices tried to get to the heart of the matter. chief justice john roberts whose first cousin is a lesbian and was in the court asked whether supporters attempting to redefine the word marriage altogether. he was grilling ted olson, a lawyer arguing for same-sex marriage. here's that. >> so it's just about -- just about the label in this case. >> the label is -- >> same-sex couples every other right and just about the label. >> the label marriage means something, even opponents -- >> sure. if you tell a child that somebody has to be their friend, i suppose you can force the child to say, this is my friend. but it chang
either acting through initiatives and referendums or through their elected public officials? >> well, others like justice kennedy questioned why they were hearing the case in the first place which is a pretty interesting thing. >>. >> i just wonder if the case was properly granted. the problem with the case is that you're really asking particularly because of the sociological evidence you cite for us to go in to unchartered waters. >> unchartered waters. some justices...
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unless changes are made it will be increasingly difficult for republicans to win another presidential election in the near future. a new cnn/orc poll shows why the rnc is worried. take a look. just 38% view the gop in a favorable light. 54% of voters have an unfavorable view of the republican party. reince priebus, head of the rnc, said the party will invest $10 million to try to reshape its message and broaden its appeal. here's what he told wolf blitzer today on "the situation room." >> our moms used to say it's not what you say, it's how you say it. i think it's a lot of that. we need to go back to reagan's words when he used to say my 80% friend is not my 20% enemy. we need to be in the community and we need to accept, i think, different voices within our party. >> joining me, cnn political contributor, margaret hoover and charles blow and gale trotter. margaret, the rnc chairman is saying the republican party's policies are sound, that it's the message that has to change. is that the case? >> i think he's largely right there, although you do notice in his messaging, the other thing when h
unless changes are made it will be increasingly difficult for republicans to win another presidential election in the near future. a new cnn/orc poll shows why the rnc is worried. take a look. just 38% view the gop in a favorable light. 54% of voters have an unfavorable view of the republican party. reince priebus, head of the rnc, said the party will invest $10 million to try to reshape its message and broaden its appeal. here's what he told wolf blitzer today on "the situation...
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>> if you think about the general election which is what they're talking about, you know, democrats just devoted all of their time to researching and preparing for a mitt romney candidacy so it would have slowed them down. but for some voters out there this just might have been a dream that was too good to be true. >> that i will faithfully execute -- >> what if president obama had faced him and him in last year's election? who would be living here? during the republican primary, rick santorum and newt gingrich just couldn't see eye to eye and they trained their sights on each other. >> at times you just sort of, you know, that worrisome moment that something is going to pop and we can't afford that in a nominee. >> i think long before rick came to congress i was busy being a rebel. those are just historic facts even if they're inconvenient for rick's campaign. >> reporter: but soon they stopped snipping at each other and started sniping at romney. before long, both men had dealt serious blows to the front-runner. santorum with the surprise squeaker in iowa followed by a gingrich win in
>> if you think about the general election which is what they're talking about, you know, democrats just devoted all of their time to researching and preparing for a mitt romney candidacy so it would have slowed them down. but for some voters out there this just might have been a dream that was too good to be true. >> that i will faithfully execute -- >> what if president obama had faced him and him in last year's election? who would be living here? during the republican...
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it's an allegation that there is money being given under the table to secure support on the part of elected officials in iowa, to help give that -- >> buying boats. >> the second thing is actually towards the end of the campaign they were short on money. staffers weren't getting paid. and the national political director said he was acting as a volunteer. but records show that he paid himself $20,000 in two lump sum payments including on the dayst caucuses from one -- the michelle pack which is for congressional purposes into his own private company. so that paper trail alone is raising a lot of questions and a lot of former staffers are pretty angry about this campaign. >> this though adds to what's been a really difficult time for the congresswoman. our dana bash chased her down to ask her a question about claims she made about excess spending by president obama. i want to play that for you followed by what bill o'reilly had to say about it. >> i want to ask you about is the fact you said he had -- you talked about the excess that's he's engaged in, the fact he has a dog walker which is no
it's an allegation that there is money being given under the table to secure support on the part of elected officials in iowa, to help give that -- >> buying boats. >> the second thing is actually towards the end of the campaign they were short on money. staffers weren't getting paid. and the national political director said he was acting as a volunteer. but records show that he paid himself $20,000 in two lump sum payments including on the dayst caucuses from one -- the michelle...
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it follows the second straight loss in a presidential election. the 100-page report details hundreds of fixes including many to mend relationships with hispanic and african-americans. the republican party will spend $10 million to rebrand, refocus and reach out to minority voters. >>> two inmates back in custody and two more people placed under arrest after a brazen prison break in canada. two men took a helicopter from a tour company and then like a scene out of a james bond movie the chopper flew over a prison, lowered ropes to two waiting inmates and off they went. within several hours all four were captured. >>> residents of an indiana neighborhood have not been allowed back home after a corporate jet slammed into several homes in south bend. the plane was carrying four people when it crashed into a row of homes. two people onboard the plane were killed. the other two people onboard that plane were injured along with one person on the ground. all utilities have been shut off over concerns of a possible gas leak. >>> coming up next for republic
it follows the second straight loss in a presidential election. the 100-page report details hundreds of fixes including many to mend relationships with hispanic and african-americans. the republican party will spend $10 million to rebrand, refocus and reach out to minority voters. >>> two inmates back in custody and two more people placed under arrest after a brazen prison break in canada. two men took a helicopter from a tour company and then like a scene out of a james bond movie the...
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jim, how did this bizarre election come about? >> reporter: wolf, all of this got started late last december when jim demint, the very conservative former republican, senator of south carolina announced his retirement. the congressman from this area, tim scott, decided to make his name known that he would like to be jim demint's replacement. he was appointed that replacement, and all of that opened up this wild congressional race as sort of a star wars bar of candidates. in south carolina, mark sanford needs no introduction, but after the former governor of this state famously tried to cover up an affair by falsely telling the public he was hiking the appalachian trail -- >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: a reintroduction wouldn't hurt. >> we'd learn a lot about grace and second chances. >> reporter: now sanford is asking for voters for a second chance to win his old congressional seat. >> after what you put the voters through, why should they give you a second chance? >> i think that that's one an individually dete
jim, how did this bizarre election come about? >> reporter: wolf, all of this got started late last december when jim demint, the very conservative former republican, senator of south carolina announced his retirement. the congressman from this area, tim scott, decided to make his name known that he would like to be jim demint's replacement. he was appointed that replacement, and all of that opened up this wild congressional race as sort of a star wars bar of candidates. in south...
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. >>> so you thought the election season was over. huh-uh. it is primary day in south carolina, folks. i'm talking low country. you see it right there. this state's first congressional district anchored by charleston and what a cast of characters this little race for congress. you have a man known as the former governor of the appalachiap ppa lash shap trail. the son of a certain media mogul, and you've also got the sister of a very famous funny man. and don't to get this, we're talking about south carolina. home of kamikaze style politics. this is an old fashioned street fight why a state where they all intersect. john avalon, piece choinice cho words. good to see you, sir. you had a trip to charleston. we of course begin with mark sanford, the guy who famously told reporters he was, you know, hiking on the aptrail but was actually having a bit of a tryst in arrest again see in a. is it true that he asked the woman who divorced him, jenny sanford, to run his campaign for this congressional seat? >> so that has indeed been reported. awkward.
. >>> so you thought the election season was over. huh-uh. it is primary day in south carolina, folks. i'm talking low country. you see it right there. this state's first congressional district anchored by charleston and what a cast of characters this little race for congress. you have a man known as the former governor of the appalachiap ppa lash shap trail. the son of a certain media mogul, and you've also got the sister of a very famous funny man. and don't to get this, we're...